Julianne bought 0.92 of a pallet of flowers. Each pallet of flowers costs $14.63. She multiplied to find her cost. Her multiplication is below.

Question

14.63
x0.92
2926
13167
1.6093

Why is her answer incorrect?

(1 point)
Responses

She did not use 0 as a placeholder when multiplying by 9 tenths.
She did not use 0 as a placeholder when multiplying by 9 tenths.

She did not line up the decimal points.
She did not line up the decimal points.

The decimal in the answer is in the incorrect place.
The decimal in the answer is in the incorrect place.

The answer is correct. There are no errors.

Answer 1

The correct response is: The decimal in the answer is in the incorrect place.

When multiplying decimals, it is important to count the total number of decimal places in the factors being multiplied and place the decimal in the product accordingly.

In this case, 14.63 has 2 decimal places, and 0.92 has 2 decimal places. Therefore, the product should have a total of 4 decimal places. If we look at the final multiplication result of 1.6093, it has only 4 decimal places, but based on her multiplication, she seems to have miscalculated where to place the decimal in the result. Thus, the decimal is in the incorrect place in her final answer.

Answer 2

whats the answer

Answer 3

The correct answer is: The decimal in the answer is in the incorrect place.

Julianne's final result of 1.6093 suggests that she made an error in placing the decimal point when calculating the cost of 0.92 of the pallet of flowers priced at $14.63.